Man gets life term for killing wife
新闻详情:最后更新时间: 2024-09-19 13:24:40
Chitradurga: A local court in Chitradurga Tuesday held a 40-year-old man guilty of murdering his wife after suspecting her fidelity in Sept 2021 and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for life. The convict Mehaboob Basha of Kamalapura in Hospet, a welder by profession, was fined Rs 1 lakh by the court. Basha has been in judicial custody at Chitradurga district prison since cops arrested him on Sept 11, 2021 on the charges of stabbing his wife and mother of two children, Ameena Bhanu , to death near a dargah. In her dying declaration, Bhanu had told cops that her husband had repeatedly stabbed her, following a fight. Bhanu, with her two children, were at her younger sister's house. Under the pretext of patching up their differences, Basha visited her on the fateful night, police said. Public prosecutor Ganesh Naik said that besides the dying declaration of the woman, statements from about four eyewitnesses and the owner of a shop, where Basha had purchased the knife used in the crime, played a vital role in securing the conviction. "The chargesheet filed by the police was supported by ample circumstantial evidence. The investigating officer had attached the tower locations of Basha's mobile, showing that he was at the crime scene," Naik said. On Sept 10, 2021, Basha had taken Bhanu to a dargah in Chitradurga and on returning, he fought with her near a petrol bunk before stabbing her. As Bhanu cried for help, passersby and commuters had attacked Basha, and he had fled the scene. Police had arrested him later.